nah. the mermaid piece was confusing - you couldn't really tell what was going on until you stared at it a minute. which fins go to whom, wait, what? ...and there was decent detail on the faces, but the detail of the fins was kind of thrown together, and weren't all that detailed...which is understandable given the time limit, but your detail work was implemented very well...as was the Loki piece. no confusion on either of those pieces, either.
so yeah, I was really expecting the mermaid piece to get third.
and yeah, I know what you mean

it's kind of like saying "there's nothing else out there that matters but you."